Steve Kotok
@ktok33.bsky.social
Associate professor in educational leadership. Arm chair foreign policy and sports analyst. My views are my own but they are pretty pretty good.
@fareedzakaria.bsky.social rails against blue state funding and no results. Clearly issues but so much success- universal prek in nyc saves parents 1-2k a month. Cali higher ed best system in world. Nj, mass, Connecticut k12 education on par with Japan and Singapore.
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@fareedzakaria.bsky.social rails against blue state funding and no results. Clearly issues but so much success- universal prek in nyc saves parents 1-2k a month. Cali higher ed best system in world. Nj, mass, Connecticut k12 education on par with Japan and Singapore.
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I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.
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In a completely predictable shift...
Policymakers supporting #SchoolVouchers have now decided that taxpayer-funded religious education is only for religions they like. www.tampabay.com/news/educati...
Policymakers supporting #SchoolVouchers have now decided that taxpayer-funded religious education is only for religions they like. www.tampabay.com/news/educati...
Florida officials eye vouchers to schools accused of teaching Sharia law
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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October 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
In a completely predictable shift...
Policymakers supporting #SchoolVouchers have now decided that taxpayer-funded religious education is only for religions they like. www.tampabay.com/news/educati...
Policymakers supporting #SchoolVouchers have now decided that taxpayer-funded religious education is only for religions they like. www.tampabay.com/news/educati...
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Fifteen million are about to lose health care. Premiums are set to double. Housing & child care are outrageously expensive.
Meanwhile, Trump’s priorities are demolishing the White House, bailing out Argentina & now threatening war with Venezuela.
What happened to America First?
Meanwhile, Trump’s priorities are demolishing the White House, bailing out Argentina & now threatening war with Venezuela.
What happened to America First?
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fifteen million are about to lose health care. Premiums are set to double. Housing & child care are outrageously expensive.
Meanwhile, Trump’s priorities are demolishing the White House, bailing out Argentina & now threatening war with Venezuela.
What happened to America First?
Meanwhile, Trump’s priorities are demolishing the White House, bailing out Argentina & now threatening war with Venezuela.
What happened to America First?
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Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”
@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”
@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”
October 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”
@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”
@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”
I never believed the "Drain the Swamp" promise from Trump but I think it is a worthy goal. Glad we sent Menendez upstate, but I'm sickened by Tom Homan, George Santos commutation, crypto bribes, etc;
October 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I never believed the "Drain the Swamp" promise from Trump but I think it is a worthy goal. Glad we sent Menendez upstate, but I'm sickened by Tom Homan, George Santos commutation, crypto bribes, etc;
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It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.
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“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
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🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.
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The University of Nebraska looks to join West Virginia University as flagship public universities to cut graduate programs in K-12 and higher ed administration. It's not a great look for land grant missions.
UNL Proposes Cutting Educational Administration Department
University leaders say they need to slash the budget. Education administration professors say it’ll sever a pipeline to education leadership roles.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The University of Nebraska looks to join West Virginia University as flagship public universities to cut graduate programs in K-12 and higher ed administration. It's not a great look for land grant missions.
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This seems to be relevant again. You cannot cut your way into excellence. You have to invest in excellence.
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Excellence can't be efficient - The Bugeater
At the December 2023 meeting of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, I remarked during the comment period that in education excellence and efficiency are diametrically opposed values. My state...
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September 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This seems to be relevant again. You cannot cut your way into excellence. You have to invest in excellence.
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I'm hiring a postdoc to assist with creating a longitudinal dataset of state charter school funding laws. More info in the position description. Please share!
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September 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm hiring a postdoc to assist with creating a longitudinal dataset of state charter school funding laws. More info in the position description. Please share!
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Come work with us! We’re really excited about our research on attendance and chronic absenteeism. And we’d be really excited to work with you! Reach out if you have any questions.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!
Detroit PEER Postdoc Job Description 2025.pdf
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September 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Come work with us! We’re really excited about our research on attendance and chronic absenteeism. And we’d be really excited to work with you! Reach out if you have any questions.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.
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Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
August 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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My department is searching for two tenure-line positions to start in August 2026. Come join our growing team and make a difference in building the future!
Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680
Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632
Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680
Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632
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August 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
My department is searching for two tenure-line positions to start in August 2026. Come join our growing team and make a difference in building the future!
Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680
Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632
Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680
Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632
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Just another Friday afternoon in 2025 higher education.
BREAKING: Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court.
Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional
The Trump administration says it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just another Friday afternoon in 2025 higher education.
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Valuable work that should inform our understanding of the complicated political dynamics underlying anti-public school, anti-teacher union backlash to COVID policies.
New at @the74.bsky.social, work from Dan Silver, Daniel Hackman and me on our most recent research on children's well-being during COVID. www.the74million.org/article/blac...
Black, Latino & Low-Income Kids Felt Better Doing Remote School During COVID
Silver, Polikoff & Hackman: Overall, students felt happier, less stressed attending classes in person during pandemic. But that's not true for all
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August 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Valuable work that should inform our understanding of the complicated political dynamics underlying anti-public school, anti-teacher union backlash to COVID policies.
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Terrible analysis. The Post wants NY to unfairly punish students who get harder questions. NY's approach follows standards, see Ch 5 www.testingstandards.net/uploads/7/6/...
Plenty of reasons to critique/improve state testing. This isn't one of them. Our TAC comment www.linkedin.com/posts/new-yo...
Plenty of reasons to critique/improve state testing. This isn't one of them. Our TAC comment www.linkedin.com/posts/new-yo...
August 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Terrible analysis. The Post wants NY to unfairly punish students who get harder questions. NY's approach follows standards, see Ch 5 www.testingstandards.net/uploads/7/6/...
Plenty of reasons to critique/improve state testing. This isn't one of them. Our TAC comment www.linkedin.com/posts/new-yo...
Plenty of reasons to critique/improve state testing. This isn't one of them. Our TAC comment www.linkedin.com/posts/new-yo...
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing parents that Roblox was free
August 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing parents that Roblox was free
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I’m old enough to remember when it was a Real Problem that Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch hung out on a tarmac once.
NBC News confirms: JD Vance will meet tonight at his residence with Susie Wiles, Pam Bondi, Deputy AG Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and other top Trump officials to discuss the Epstein scandal. @msnbc.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’m old enough to remember when it was a Real Problem that Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch hung out on a tarmac once.
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Michigan 7th Congressional candidate Josh Cowen recently gained the endorsement of the Network for Public Education Action, a national advocacy group opposed to charter schools and voucher programs.
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Cowen nets 7th District endorsement from public education group opposed to charter schools, vouchers • Michigan Advance
Michigan 7th Congressional candidate Josh Cowen recently gained the endorsement of the Network for Public Education Action, a national advocacy group opposed to charter schools and voucher programs, w...
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August 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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We should ensure all students feel safe on college campuses to learn and be challenged intellectually. Jewish students, Muslim students, LGBTQ students, students of Color, and anybody who attends. This shouldn't be hard for unis and one group's rights should never come at the expense of others
July 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We should ensure all students feel safe on college campuses to learn and be challenged intellectually. Jewish students, Muslim students, LGBTQ students, students of Color, and anybody who attends. This shouldn't be hard for unis and one group's rights should never come at the expense of others
State of usa in one image
A Chuck E. Cheese employee in full costume was arrested by Tallahassee officers for credit card fraud
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July 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
State of usa in one image
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Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time
On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...
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July 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.